EP2208287A2 - Uplink radio frames apportioned for plural multiple access technologies - Google Patents
Uplink radio frames apportioned for plural multiple access technologiesInfo
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- This invention pertains to telecommunications, and particularly to transmission of frames of information in wireless telecommunications.
- wireless terminals also known as mobile terminals, mobile stations, and mobile user equipment units (UEs) communicate via base stations of a radio access network (RAN) to one or more core networks.
- the wireless terminals (WT) can be mobile stations such as mobile telephones ("cellular" telephones) and laptops with mobile termination, and thus can be, for example, portable, pocket, hand-held, computer-included, or car-mounted mobile devices which communicate voice and/or data with radio access network.
- the base station e.g., a radio base station (RBS), is in some networks also called "NodeB" or "B node”.
- the base stations communicate over the air interface (e.g., radio frequencies) with the wireless terminals which are within range of the base stations.
- the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile communication system, which evolved from the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and is intended to provide improved mobile communication services based on Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) access technology.
- UTRAN is essentially a radio access network providing wideband code division multiple access for user equipment units (UEs).
- UEs user equipment units
- the radio access network in a UMTS network covers a geographical area which is divided into cells, each cell being served by a base station.
- Base stations may be connected to other elements in a UMTS type network such as a radio network controller (RNC).
- RNC radio network controller
- the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP or "3G" has undertaken to evolve further the predecessor technologies, e.g., GSM-based and/or second generation (“2G”) radio access network technologies.
- WiMAX from "Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access”
- IEEE 802.16e-2005 (formerly known as IEEE 802.16e) is in the lineage of the specification family and addresses mobility by implementing, e.g., a number of enhancements including better support for Quality of Service and the use of Scalable OFDMA.
- the 802.16 standards essentially standardize two aspects of the air interface - the physical layer (PHY) and the Media Access Control layer (MAC).
- IEEE 802.16e uses scalable OFDMA to carry data, supporting channel bandwidths of between 1.25 MHz and 20 MHz, with up to 2048 sub-carriers. IEEE 802.16e supports adaptive modulation and coding, so that in conditions of good signal, a highly efficient 64 QAM coding scheme is used, whereas where the signal is poorer, a more robust BPSK coding mechanism is used. In intermediate conditions, 16 QAM and QPSK can also be employed. Other physical layer features include support for Multiple-in Multiple-out (MIMO) antennas in order to provide good performance in NLOS (Non-line-of-sight) environments and Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) for good error correction performance.
- MIMO Multiple-in Multiple-out
- the IEEE 802.16e encompasses a number of convergence sublayers which describe how wireline technologies such as Ethernet, ATM and IP are encapsulated on the air interface, and how data is classified, etc. It also describes how secure communications are delivered, by using secure key exchange during authentication, and encryption during data transfer. Further features of the MAC layer include power saving mechanisms (using Sleep Mode and Idle Mode) and handover mechanisms.
- the IEEE standard 802.16m is intended to be an evolution of IEEE standard 802.16e with the aim of higher data rates and lower latency. There is a requirement for backward compatibility between IEEE standard 802.16m and its IEEE standard 802.16e predecessor. Yet, the frame structure of IEEE standard 802.16e poses problems for backward compatibility.
- the frame structure for IEEE standard 802.16e is shown in Fig. 1.
- the frame length for IEEE standard 802.16e is 5 ms, and uses time division duplex (TDD).
- the preamble is used by mobile stations to synchronize to the downlink (DL), and the DL-MAP and UL-MAP messages that occur just following the preamble give allocation information to the mobile stations on the downlink and the uplink. Examples of downlink and uplink allocations are shown in Fig. 1.
- the transmit transition gap (TTG) and the receive transition gap (RTG) are gaps used for the mobile station to switch from receive to transmit and vice versa.
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- OFDMA transmits a data stream by dividing the data stream over several narrow band sub-carriers (e.g. 512, 1024 or even more depending on the overall available bandwidth [e.g., 5, 10, 20 MHz] of the channel) which are transmitted simultaneously.
- the sub-carriers are divided into groups of sub-carriers, each group also being referred to as a sub-channel.
- the sub- carriers that form a sub-channel need not be adjacent. As many bits are transported in parallel, the transmission speed on each sub carrier can be much lower than the overall resulting data rate. This is important in a practical radio environment in order to minimize effect of multipath fading created by slightly different arrival times of the signal from different directions.
- WiMAX mobile does have a number of problems.
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- PAPR peak to average power ratio
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access
- SC-FDMA also transmits data over the air interface in many sub-carriers but adds an additional processing step (using, e.g., a Fast Fourier Transformation (FFT) function) for spreading the information of each bit over all the sub-carriers.
- FFT Fast Fourier Transformation
- SC-FDMA is sometimes also referred to as "FFT spread OFDM”.
- SC-FDMA encompasses but is not limited to SC-FDMA as described in 3GPP TS 36.300 V8.2.0 (2007-09) Technical Specification 3rd
- Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- E-UTRAN Terrestrial Radio Access Network
- E-UTRA Universal Terrestrial Radio Access
- the technology concerns a base station (of a radio access network) which comprises a transceiver and a frame handler.
- the transceiver is configured to communicate a frame of information over an air interface with a wireless terminal participating in a connection with the base station.
- the frame handler of the base station processes differing (e.g., different) portions of the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies.
- modulation techniques of the differing multiple access technologies can be apportioned to differing portions of the frame in various manners.
- “differing portions" of a frame encompasses (for example) “differing portions” of a frame encompasses (for example) differing subframes of a multi-sub-framed frame, differing bursts, differing burst fields or sections of a burst, and differing zones.
- the differing multiple access technologies can be utilized for uplink portions of the frames, or for downlink portions of the frames, or (in some embodiments) both for uplink portions and downlink portions of the frames.
- the frame handler of the base station prepares and/or processes the frame as plural subframes.
- the frame handler is arranged with a capability of preparing and/or processing differing ones of the plural subframes as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame handler of the base station can process one subframe of the frame according to a first type of multiple access technology and can process another subframe of the frame according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the first type of multiple access technology is orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- each subframe can comprise a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst.
- the frame handler of the base station is further arranged to process the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is demodulated according to the second type of multiple access technology and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is demodulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- the frame handler of the base station is arranged to process the frame regardless of whether the wireless terminal with which the base station communicates is a first type of wireless terminal (e.g., capable of utilizing the first type of multiple access technology) or whether the wireless terminal is a second type of wireless terminal (e.g., capable of utilizing both the first type of multiple access technology and a second type of multiple access technology).
- Each subframe comprises a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst.
- the frame handler of the base station is arranged to process the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is demodulated according to the second type of multiple access technology if the wireless terminal is the second type of wireless terminal and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is demodulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- reception of the first uplink burst of the first subframe precedes in time reception of the second uplink burst of the second subframe
- the frame handler of the base station is arranged to dynamically select whether to process at least one subframe of the frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology
- the frame handler of the base station is arranged to process an uplink burst of a first subframe according to the second multiple access technology and to dynamically select whether to process an uplink burst of a second subframe according to either the first multiple access technology or the second multiple access technology.
- the frame handler of the base station caters to a frame structure wherein the frame comprises an uplink burst comprising plural burst fields.
- the frame handler of this example embodiment is arranged to process differing ones of the plural burst fields as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame comprises a downlink burst
- the frame handler of the base station is arranged to associate in the downlink burst at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to a first multiple access technology and at least one of the plural burst fields as belong to the second multiple access technology.
- the technology concerns a wireless terminal which participates in a connection with a base station of a radio access network.
- the wireless terminal comprises a transceiver and a frame handler.
- the transceiver is configured for communicating a frame over an air interface with a base station.
- the frame handler is arranged to process the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame handler is arranged to modulate differing uplink portions of the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies; in another example embodiment the frame handler is arranged to demodulate differing downlink portions of the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to prepare the uplink portions of the frame according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame handler is arranged to prepare one subframe of the frame according to a first type of multiple access technology and to prepare another subframe of the frame according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the first type of multiple access technology is orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- each subframe comprises a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is further arranged to prepare the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is modulated according to the second type of multiple access technology and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is modulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- transmission of the first uplink burst of the first subframe precedes in time transmission of the second uplink burst of the second subframe.
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to dynamically determine (based on content of a downlink burst of the frame) whether to prepare at least one subframe of the frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology.
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to prepare an uplink burst of a first subframe according to the second multiple access technology and to dynamically determine (based on content of a downlink burst of the frame) whether to prepare an uplink burst of a second subframe according to either the first multiple access technology or the second multiple access technology.
- the frame comprises an uplink burst comprising plural burst fields. The frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to prepare differing ones of the plural burst fields as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame comprises a downlink burst
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to determine from the downlink burst at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to a first multiple access technology and at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to the second multiple access technology.
- Yet another aspect of the technology concerns a method of operating a radio access network (comprising a base station) which communicates over a radio interface with plural types of wireless terminals using frames of information.
- the method comprises transmitting at least a downlink portion of the frames to a first type of wireless terminal and a second type of wireless terminal; at the first type of wireless terminal, preparing a first part of an uplink portion of the frames according to a first type of multiple access technology; and, at the second type of wireless terminal, preparing at least a second part of the uplink portion of the frames according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises, at the second type of wireless terminal, preparing the first part of the uplink portion of the frames according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises the wireless terminal preparing the frames as plural subframes, with differing ones of the plural subframes being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the wireless terminal can prepare one subframe of the frames according to a first type of multiple access technology and to prepare another subframe of the frames according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the first type of multiple access technology is orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- each subframe comprises a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst.
- the method can further comprise the wireless terminal preparing the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is modulated according to the second type of multiple access technology and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is modulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- An example mode further comprises the base station processing the frame regardless of whether the wireless terminal is a first type of wireless terminal capable of utilizing the first type of multiple access technology or whether the wireless terminal is a second type of wireless terminal capable of utilizing both the first type of multiple access technology and a second type of multiple access technology.
- Each subframe comprises a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst, the base station processing the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is demodulated according to the second type of multiple access technology if the wireless terminal is the second type of wireless terminal and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is demodulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises the wireless terminal dynamically determining (in accordance with content of a downlink burst of a specific frame) whether to prepare at least one subframe of the specific frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology.
- the wireless terminal prepares an uplink burst of a first subframe according to the second multiple access technology and dynamically determines whether to prepare an uplink burst of a second subframe according to either the first multiple access technology or the second multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises formatting the frame to comprise an uplink burst comprising plural burst fields; and, preparing differing ones of the plural burst fields as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- An example implementation of this mode further comprises including a downlink burst in the frames; and designating in the downlink burst at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to the first multiple access technology and at least one of the plural burst fields as belong to the second multiple access technology.
- Fig. 1 is a diagrammatic view of frame structure for IEEE standard
- FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an example telecommunications system which serves as an example suitable environment for implementation of a multiple access technology-apportioned frame structure on the uplink.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic view of an example telecommunications system which serves as an example suitable environment for implementation of a multiple access technology-apportioned frame structure on the downlink.
- Fig. 4 is a schematic view of an example telecommunications system which serves as an example suitable environment for implementation of a multiple access technology-apportioned frame structure both on the uplink and the downlink.
- Fig. 4A is a schematic view of an example implementation of the telecommunications system of the embodiment of Fig. 4 wherein a first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- Fig. 4B is a schematic view of an example implementation of the telecommunications system of the embodiment of Fig. 4 wherein a first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and a second type of multiple access is or comprises single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA), and wherein a second type wireless terminal has only single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) capability.
- Fig. 4C is a schematic view of an example implementation of the telecommunications system of the embodiment of Fig. 4 in which a second multiple access technology can selectively be used in more than one multiple access technology- apportioned portion of a frame.
- Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a generic sub-framed frame structure for an example frame as communicated between a base station and a wireless terminal.
- Fig. 5 A is a diagrammatic view of a generic sub-framed frame structure for an example frame for the implementation of Fig. 4A wherein a first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and a second type of multiple access is or comprises single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- Fig. 6 is a diagrammatic view of a generic sub-framed and zoned frame structure for an example frame as communicated between a base station and a wireless terminal.
- Fig. 7 is a diagrammatic view of a more specific sub-framed frame structure for an example frame as communicated between a base station and a wireless terminal.
- Fig. 8 is a diagrammatic view of how the frame structure of Fig. 7 appears to a wireless terminal (WT) capable of operating in accordance with only a first multiple access technology.
- WT wireless terminal
- Fig. 9 is a diagrammatic view showing an evolution or sequence of network development epochs facilitated by the present technology.
- Fig. 10 is a diagrammatic view of a generic burst field-apportioned frame structure.
- Fig. 11 is a diagrammatic view of showing multiple access technology apportionment of a burst field-apportioned frame structure such as that of Fig. 10.
- Fig. 12 is a flowchart showing example, representative, non-limiting basic acts or steps comprising a method of operating a radio access network which communicates over radio interface with plural types of wireless terminals using frames of information.
- processors may be provided through the use of dedicated hardware as well as hardware capable of executing software in association with appropriate software.
- the functions may be provided by a single dedicated processor, by a single shared processor, or by a plurality of individual processors, some of which may be shared or distributed.
- explicit use of the term "processor” or “controller” should not be construed to refer exclusively to hardware capable of executing software, and may include, without limitation, digital signal processor (DSP) hardware, read only memory (ROM) for storing software, random access memory (RAM), and non-volatile storage.
- DSP digital signal processor
- ROM read only memory
- RAM random access memory
- the technology described herein is advantageously illustrated in the example, non-limiting, context of a telecommunications system 10 such as that schematically depicted in Fig. 2.
- the example telecommunications system 10 of Fig. 2 shows a radio access network 20 which can be connected to one or more external (e.g., core) networks.
- the external networks may comprise, for example, connection- oriented networks such as the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and/or the Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN), and/or connectionless external core network such as (for example) the Internet.
- PSTN Public Switched Telephone Network
- ISDN Integrated Services Digital Network
- connectionless external core network such as (for example) the Internet.
- One or more of the external networks have unillustrated serving nodes such as, e.g., a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) node and a Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support node (SGSN) working in conjunction with a Gateway GRPS Support Node (GGSN).
- serving nodes such as, e.g., a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) node and a Serving General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support node (SGSN) working in conjunction with a Gateway GRPS Support Node (GGSN).
- MSC Mobile Switching Center
- GPRS General Packet Radio Service
- SGSN Serving General Packet Radio Service Support node
- GGSN Gateway GRPS Support Node
- the radio access network (RAN) 20 can, at least in some embodiments, include an access services network (ASN) 26 and one or more radio base stations (RBS) 28.
- ASN access services network
- RBS radio base stations
- the radio access network (RAN) 20 of Fig. 2 is shown as comprising one base station node (BS) 28.
- BS base station node
- a base station is sometimes also referred to in the art as a radio base station, a node B, eNodeB 28, or B-node (all of which are used interchangeably herein).
- Wireless terminals can communicate with one or more cells or one or more base stations (BS) 28 over a radio or air interface 32.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30 can be known by different names, such as mobile terminal, mobile station or MS, user equipment unit (UE), handset, or remote unit, for example.
- Each wireless terminal (WT) may be any of myriad devices or appliances, such as mobile phones, mobile laptops, pagers, personal digital assistants or other comparable mobile devices, SIP phones, stationary computers and laptops equipped with a real-time application, such as Microsoft netmeeting, Push-to-talk client etc.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-1 is referenced herein as a first type of wireless terminal in the sense that it operates in accordance with only a first type of multiple access technology (MAT), e.g., a first type of data modulation.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-2 is referenced herein as a second type of wireless terminal in the sense that it can operate either (1) in accordance with a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation) or (2) in accordance with both the second type of multiple access technology and the first type of multiple access technology.
- base station 28 comprises transceiver 38 and frame handler 40.
- Transceiver 38 is involved in communicating frame(s) of information (illustrated as frames F in Fig. 2) over an air interface with a wireless terminal participating in a connection with the base station.
- the transceiver 38 includes both a transmitter(s) for transmitting downlink (DL) portions or bursts of frames, as well as a receiver(s) for receiving uplink (UL) portions or bursts of frames.
- transceiver can include one or more transceivers and further encompasses radio transmission and/or reception equipment suitable for transmitting/receiving a data stream or the like in the form of plural sub-carriers or subchannels (such as in OFDMA and SC-FDMA, for non-limiting examples), including plural antennas when appropriate.
- radio transmission and/or reception equipment suitable for transmitting/receiving a data stream or the like in the form of plural sub-carriers or subchannels (such as in OFDMA and SC-FDMA, for non-limiting examples), including plural antennas when appropriate.
- the frame handler 40 of base station 28 is involved in processing frame(s)
- the frame handler 40 of base station 28 in turn comprises frame formatter 42-2 (which facilitates preparation of the downlink (DL) bursts prior to transmission by transceiver 38) and frame deformatter 44-2 (which facilitates processing of the uplink (UL) bursts as received by transceiver 38 from wireless terminal (WT) 30).
- frame handler 40 as well as its frame formatter 42-2 and deformatter 44-2, can be realized by one or more processors or controllers as those terms are herein expansively explained.
- Fig. 2 does not show other well-known functionalities and/or units of base station 28, such as (by way of non-limiting example) interfaces to other nodes of the radio access network (RAN); queues through which data is collected or assembled preparatory to inclusion in the downlink (DL) bursts configured by frame formatter 42-2; generators or processors for preparing signaling information for inclusion in the downlink (DL) bursts configured by frame formatter 42-2; queues into which data obtained from uplink (UL) bursts are stored after processed by deformatter 44-2; units of base station 28 which utilize the data and/or signaling included in uplink (UL) bursts; or node processors or the like which supervise or coordinate the constituent units or functionalities of base station 28.
- RAN radio access network
- Fig. 2 further shows example implementations of wireless terminals, (e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-2 and wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2) which participate in respective connections with base station 28.
- WT wireless terminal
- WT wireless terminal
- WT wireless terminal
- a generic sense wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-2 and wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 both comprise transceiver 48 and wireless terminal frame handler 50.
- Transceiver 48 is configured for communicating frames F over air interface 32 with base station 28, and comprises a receiver for receiving downlink (DL) bursts of the frames from base station 28 and a transmitter for transmitting uplink (UL) bursts of the frames to base station 28.
- DL downlink
- UL uplink
- wireless terminal frame handler including one or more of its wireless terminal frame formatter and wireless terminal deformatter can be realized by processor(s) or controller(s) as those terms are herein expansively described.
- the downlink content for all frames as prepared by frame formatter 42-2 of base station 28 can be of a same multiple access technology.
- the uplink content of the frame can be either in accordance with a first type of multiple access technology (e.g., a first type of data modulation) or a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation).
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-2 is a first type of wireless terminal (e.g., a legacy wireless terminal) and operates in accordance with only a first type of multiple access technology, e.g., a first type of data modulation.
- frame handler 50 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-2 comprises a single type modulation type frame formatter 52-1-2 and frame deformatter 54-1-2.
- Wireless terminal frame formatter 52-1-2 serves, e.g., to prepare uplink (UL) bursts of the frames prior to transmission to base station 28 by transceiver 48.
- Wireless terminal deformatter 54-1-2 serves, e.g., to process downlink (DL) bursts received by transceiver 48 over air interface 32 from base station 28.
- DL downlink
- the frame formatter 52 is configured to operate according to only one type of multiple access technology.
- Fig. 2 shows wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-2 communicating/exchanging frame F-I with base station 28 over air interface 32.
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 is a second type of wireless terminal which, because of enhancements or advancements (for example), can operate in accordance with plural types of multiple access technology.
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 can operate either (1) in accordance with a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation) or (2) both in accordance with the second type of multiple access technology and the first type of multiple access technology.
- frame formatter 52-2-2 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 is an enhanced type frame formatter 52 capable of enhanced modulation, e.g., capable of modulating some or all information in accordance with a second or enhanced type of modulation (e.g., second multiple access technology).
- the enhanced type frame formatter 52-2-2 can be a dual modulation type frame formatter when it can also modulate information, when necessary, according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- “dual” is meant that these constituent units of frame handler 40 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 can operate in conjunction with plural types of multiple access technologies.
- Frame deformatter 54-2-2 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 is capable of demodulating the downlink content of the frame as prepared by frame formatter 42-2 of base station 28.
- frame handler 50 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 is arranged to receive a downlink portion of the frame and to prepare differing uplink portions of the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies.
- Fig. 4 shows wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-2 communicating/exchanging frame F-2 with base station 28 over air interface 32.
- deformatter 44-2 of base station 28 comprises first type demodulator 66 and second type demodulator 68.
- the first type demodulator 66 is configured to demodulate information (e.g., data and signaling) according to the first type of multiple access technology;
- second type demodulator 68 is configured to demodulate information (e.g., data and signaling) according to the second type of multiple access technology.
- Fig. 2 thus illustrates a situation or scenario in which a base station such as base station 28 can receive, in a single frame on the uplink, content expressed in multiple/differing multiple access technologies.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a situation or scenario in which a base station such as base station 28-3 can transmit, in a single frame on the downlink, content expressed in multiple/differing multiple access technologies.
- the base station 28-3 of Fig. 3 has its frame formatter 42-3 shown as comprising first type modulator 62 and second type modulator 64.
- the first type modulator 62 is configured to modulate information (e.g., data and signaling) according to the first type of multiple access technology
- the second type modulator 64 is configured to modulate information (e.g., data and signaling) according to the second type of multiple access technology.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-3 is a first type of wireless terminal (e.g., a legacy wireless terminal) and operates in accordance with only a first type of multiple access technology, e.g., a first type of data demodulation.
- frame handler 50 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-3 comprises a single type modulation type frame deformatter 54-1-3 as well as frame formatter 52-1-3.
- Wireless terminal deformatter 54-1-3 serves, e.g., to process downlink (DL) bursts received by transceiver 48 over air interface 32 from base station 28-3 in accordance with a single type of multiple access technology, e.g., the first type of data demodulation.
- Wireless terminal frame formatter 52-1-3 serves, e.g., to prepare uplink (UL) bursts of the frames prior to transmission to base station 28-3 by transceiver 48.
- Fig. 3 shows wireless terminal
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-3 is a second type of wireless terminal which, because of enhancements or advancements (for example), can operate in accordance with plural types of multiple access technology.
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-3 can receive frames that are formatted either (1) in accordance with a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation) or (2) both in accordance with the second type of multiple access technology and the first type of multiple access technology.
- a second type of multiple access technology e.g., a second type of data modulation
- frame deformatter 54-2-3 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-3 is an enhanced type frame deformatter capable of enhanced modulation, e.g., capable of modulating some or all information in accordance with a second or enhanced type of modulation (e.g., second multiple access technology).
- the frame formatter 52-2-3 serves to prepare uplink (UL) bursts of the frames prior to transmission to base station 28 by transceiver 48.
- Fig. 3 shows wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-3 communicating/exchanging frame F-2-3 with base station 28-3 over air interface 32.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a situation or scenario in which a base station such as base station 28-4 can, in a single frame, both receive in the uplink and transmit in the downlink content expressed in multiple/differing multiple access technologies.
- the base station 28-4 of Fig. 4 thus combines the capabilities of the embodiments of Fig. 2 and Fig. 3.
- the frame formatter 42-4 of base station 28-4 comprises first type modulator 62 and second type modulator 64;
- the frame deformatter 44-4 of base station 28-4 comprises first type demodulator 66 and second type demodulator 68.
- Fig. 4 illustrates two wireless terminals, e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4 and wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4 is referenced herein as a first type of wireless terminal in the sense that it operates in accordance with only a first type of multiple access technology, e.g., a first type of data modulation/demodulation.
- the wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 is referenced herein as a second type of wireless terminal in the sense that it can operate either (1) in accordance with a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation/demodulation) or (2) in accordance with both the second type of multiple access technology and the first type of multiple access technology.
- Frame handler 50 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4 comprises a single modulation type frame formatter 52-1-4 and single type demodulation terminal deformatter 54-1-4.
- the wireless terminal frame formatter of wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4 serves, e.g., to prepare uplink (UL) bursts of the frames prior to transmission to base station 28-4 by transceiver 48.
- Wireless terminal deformatter 54-1-4 serves, e.g., to process downlink (DL) bursts received by transceiver 48 over air interface 32 from base station 28-4.
- DL downlink
- Fig. 4 shows wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4 communicating/exchanging frame F- 1-4 with base station 28-4 over air interface 32.
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 is a second type of wireless terminal which, because of enhancements or advancements (for example), can operate in accordance with plural types of multiple access technology.
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 can operate either (1) in accordance with a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., a second type of data modulation/demodulation) or (2) both in accordance with the second type of multiple access technology and the first type of multiple access technology.
- frame formatter 52-2-4 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 is an enhanced type frame formatter capable of enhanced modulation, e.g., capable of modulating some or all information in accordance with a second or enhanced type of modulation (e.g., second multiple access technology).
- the enhanced type frame formatter can be a dual modulation type frame formatter when it can also modulate information, when necessary, according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- frame deformatter 54-2-4 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 is an enhanced type frame deformatter, e.g., capable of demodulating some or all information in accordance with a second or enhanced type of modulation (e.g., second multiple access technology).
- the enhanced type frame deformatter can thus also be a dual modulation type frame deformatter when it can also demodulate information, when necessary, according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- “dual” is meant that these constituent units of the frame handler of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 can operate in conjunction with plural types of multiple access technologies.
- frame handler 40-2-4 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 is arranged to receive a downlink portion of the frame and to prepare differing uplink portions of the frame according to respective differing multiple access technologies.
- Fig. 4 shows wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4 communicating/exchanging frame F-2-4 with base station 28-4 over air interface 32.
- the first type of multiple access technology and the second type of multiple access technology can be any two differing (e.g., different) multiple access technologies. Typically, but not exclusively, the first type of multiple access technology is an older or previously-used type of multiple access technology, while the second type of technology is a newer, more advanced, or enhanced multiple access technology.
- the first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is or comprises single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- the first type modulator 62 is an OFDMA modulator while the second type modulator 64 is an SC-FDMA modulator.
- the first type demodulator 66 of base station 28-4A is an OFDMA demodulator while the second type demodulator 68 is an SC-FDMA demodulator.
- the deformatter 54- 1 -4A of wireless terminal (WT) 30- 1 -4A comprises an OFDMA demodulator and formatter 52-1-4A comprises an OFDMA modulator.
- frame formatter 52-2-4A comprises a SC-FDMA/dual modulator.
- deformatter 54-2-4A can comprises a SC-FDMA/dual demodulator, or whatever type of demodulator is necessary for demodulating information transmitted on the downlink (DL).
- differing portions of a frame can be handled or processed (e.g., formatted or deformatted) with or according to differing multiple access technology types.
- "differing portions" of a frame encompasses (for example) differing subframes of a multi-sub- framed frame, differing bursts, differing burst fields or sections of a burst, differing zones. As such, in some contexts these terms may be used interchangeably.
- the frame handlers of the wireless terminals 30 are arranged to prepare the uplink portions of the frames F as plural subframes. In this sense, the frames F can be considered as a sub-framed frame.
- Fig. 5 shows frame F as comprising two subframes, in particularly subframe SF- 1 and SF-2. It will be appreciated that more than two subframes can be provided in a frame. Further, in such example embodiments, each subframe can comprise a downlink (DL) portion or burst as well as an uplink (UL) portion or burst. Fig. 5 thus illustrates the use of differing multiple access technologies in differing bursts.
- a multiple access technology uses a complete burst and thus has a TTG/RTG before and after its time portion (as understood, e.g., with reference to Fig. 7 hereinafter described).
- Fig. 5 configuration can thus be utilized for TDD and HD-FDD (half duplex FDD) where the TTG/RTG exist.
- Fig. 5 A shows an example employment of the sub-framed frame F of Fig. 5 in the context of the implementation of Fig. 4 A wherein the first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is or comprises single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- Fig. 6 illustrates that, in some implementations or embodiments, one or both of the downlink (DL) burst and the uplink (UL) bursts can comprise or be split into plural time sections or "zones", with differing time sections or zones being allocated to differing multiple access technology types. Zone-type configurations can be utilized for TDD, HD-FDD, and TDD.
- first type modulator 62 of base station 28-4A prepares the downlink (DL) burst of subframe SF-I as an OFDMA burst (e.g., with OFDMA modulation).
- the downlink (DL) burst of subframe SF-I can be received by wireless terminal (WT) 30- 1 -4A and processed by deformatter 54- 1 -4A.
- WT wireless terminal
- WT 30-2-4A is capable of operating in a dual mode
- the downlink (DL) burst of subframe SF-I can be received by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A and processed by deformatter 54-2-4A.
- the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-I is an SC-FDMA burst, and as such is generated by the wireless terminal capable of operating with SC-FDMA, i.e., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A.
- the formatter 52 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A modulates information with SC-FDMA multiple access technology for inclusion in the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-I for transmission in frame F-2 to base station 28- 4A.
- the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-I is processed by SC- FDMA demodulator 68.
- the downlink (DL) burst of subframe SF-2 is prepared as an SC-FDMA burst by SC-FDMA modulator 64 and transmitted in frame F-2.
- the downlink (DL) burst of subframe SF-2 can be received by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A, and is processed by SC-FDMA deformatter 54 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A.
- the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-2 is an OFDMA burst, and as such can generated by wireless terminal (WT) 30-1-4A or wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A (since wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A has dual multiple access technology capability).
- the formatter 52 of the respective wireless terminal (WT) 30 modulates information with OFDMA multiple access technology for inclusion in the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-2 for transmission in respective frame F-1-4A or frame F-2-4A to base station 28-4A.
- the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-2 is processed by OFDMA demodulator 66.
- Fig. 5 shows generic structure for a sub-framed frame
- Fig. 7 shows an example frame structure which is consistent with and particularly but not exclusively suited for IEEE standard 802.16m.
- each subframe comprises a downlink (DL) portion and an uplink (UL) portion, e.g., downlink (DL) Burst 1 and uplink (UL) Burst 1 in subframe 1 and downlink (DL) Burst
- DL downlink
- UL uplink
- each 5ms frame comprises four consecutive burst: downlink (DL) burst 1 ; uplink (UL) burst 1 ; DL burst 2; UL burst 2.
- the two subframes need not be equal.
- the lengths of the subframes could be configured so that one subframe is longer than the other, though the lengths of both subframes, along with the transmit and receive transition gaps added, sum to 5 ms.
- backward compatibility can be achieved by scheduling data to/from legacy terminals only in DL burst 1 and UL burst 2, thus making the existence of UL burst 1 and DL burst 2 invisible to legacy terminals.
- the technology makes further use of this invisibility of UL burst 1 and DL burst 2 to legacy terminals by introducing SC-FDMA in UL burst 2.
- the technology can be generalized to the introduction of a general change to UL burst 1 and/or DL burst 2, rendered backwards compatible through the invisibility of these bursts to the legacy terminals.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a first transmit transition gap (TTGl) between downlink (DL) Burst 1 of subframe 1 and uplink (UL) Burst 1 of subframe 1 ; a first receive transition gap (RTGl) between uplink (UL) Burst 1 of subframe 1 and downlink (DL) burst 2 of subframe 2; a second transmit transition gap (TTG2) between downlink (DL) Burst 2 of subframe 2 and uplink (UL) Burst 2 of subframe 2; and a second receive transition gap (RTG2) between uplink (UL) Burst 2 of subframe 2 and a downlink (DL) burst 1 of the first subframe of a next frame.
- TTGl transmit transition gap
- RTGl transmit transition gap between downlink (DL) Burst 1 of subframe 1 and uplink (UL) Burst 1 of subframe 1
- RTG2 transmit transition gap
- TTG2 downlink (DL) Burst 2 of subframe 2
- DL downlink
- DL
- Fig. 7 further shows that a preamble need not necessarily be present in the downlink (DL) part of subframe 2.
- a preamble need not necessarily be present in the downlink (DL) part of subframe 2.
- the ranging subchannel present in the uplink
- Fig. 8 shows how the frame structure of Fig. 7 appears to a wireless terminal (WT) of the first type, e.g., to a legacy wireless terminal.
- WT wireless terminal
- the part of the frame between downlink (DL) Burst 1 and uplink (UL) Burst 2 will not be assigned to any legacy wireless terminals, and will appear as other downlink (DL) transmissions.
- the wireless terminal 30 of the first type may be assigned allocations in both DL Burst 1 and DL Burst 2 but not in the part of the frame used for UL Burst 1. Typically, these may be seen as downlink (DL) transmissions using a zone that is not supported by the wireless terminals. Support for multiple zones exists in IEEE standard 802.16e.
- frame handler 50 of an enhanced wireless terminal e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4
- WT wireless terminal
- a capability of preparing differing ones of the plural subframes (e.g., SF-I and SF-2) as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies e.g., the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF- 1 in accordance with SC-FDMA and the uplink (UL) burst of subframe SF-2 in accordance with OFDMA in the Fig. 4A example context.
- the frame handler 54 of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A is arranged to prepare one subframe of the frame according to a first type of multiple access technology and to prepare another subframe of the frame according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal 30-2- 4A is arranged to prepare the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe (e.g., subframe SF-I) is modulated according to the second type of multiple access technology (e.g., SC-FDMA) and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe (e.g., subframe SF-2) is modulated according to the first type of multiple access technology (e.g., OFDMA).
- transmission of the first uplink burst of the first subframe e.g., subframe SF-I
- precedes in time transmission of the second uplink burst of the second subframe e.g., subframe SF-2).
- Fig. 4B shows another example implementation of the telecommunications system of the embodiment of Fig. 4, wherein the first type of multiple access technology is or comprises orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is or comprises single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- OFDMA orthogonal frequency division multiple access
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- Fig. 4B shows second type wireless terminal as having only single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) capableilty on the uplink (UL).
- SC-FDMA single carrier frequency division multiple access
- frame formatter 52-2-4B is capable of preparing uplink (UL) bursts of the frames only using a single multiple access technology, e.g., the enhanced multiple access technology which (in the Fig. 5A example context) is SC-FDMA.
- base station 28-4B is capable of serving several different types of wireless terminals (WT).
- WT wireless terminal
- two classes of new terminals e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2) may be provided: (A) Class A terminals, such as that illustrated by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A, which support both SC-FDMA and OFDMA in the uplink; and (B) Class B terminals, such as that illustrated by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4B of Fig. 4B, which support only SC- FDMA in the uplink.
- Terminal capabilities of the wireless terminals are signalled to the network, e.g., to the base station.
- Class A terminals such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A
- Class B terminals such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4B of Fig. 4B
- Class B terminals are less complex than class A terminals, but at a cost or tradeoff of not being able to receive services from a legacy base station and of reduced peak data rate in a system where a portion of the frame is non- dynamically allocated for multiple access technology 1.
- Fig. 4C shows yet a further example implementation, and particularly an implementation in which the second multiple access technology can selectively be used in more than one uplink (UL) portion of a frame.
- frame handler 50-4C of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4C is arranged to dynamically determine whether to prepare at least one subframe of the frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology.
- wireless frame handler 50-4C of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4C comprises multiple access technology logic, e.g., MAT logic 70 which dynamically determines, based on content of a downlink burst of the frame, whether to prepare at least one subframe of the frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology.
- frame handler 50-4C of wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4C can prepare an uplink burst of a first subframe (e.g., subframe SF-I) according to the second multiple access technology and then dynamically determine (based on content of a downlink burst of the frame) whether to prepare an uplink burst of a second subframe (e.g., subframe SF-2) according to either the first multiple access technology or the second multiple access technology.
- a first subframe e.g., subframe SF-I
- second subframe e.g., subframe SF-2
- the frame handler 40 of base station 28-4C also includes means for preparing appropriate content of the downlink (DL) burst to apprise wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4C whether a certain uplink (UL) burst of a frame (e.g., a next or ensuing frame) is to be prepared according to the first multiple access technology or according to the second multiple access technology.
- DL downlink
- WT wireless terminal
- UL uplink
- the frame handler base station 28-4C comprises MAT logic 72 which directs the frame formatter in the preparation of the downlink (DL) bursts, and particularly to include therein content (e.g., a message or signal) regarding the appropriate multiple access technology to be used in a selected uplink (UL) burst, such as Uplink Burst 2 of subframe SF-2, for example.
- content e.g., a message or signal
- UL Burst 1 which epoch supports legacy terminals (such as wireless terminal (WT) 30- 1), Class A terminals (e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A), and Class B terminals (e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4B of Fig. 4B).
- legacy terminals such as wireless terminal (WT) 30- 1)
- Class A terminals e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A
- Class B terminals e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4B of Fig. 4B
- E3 a SC-FDMA only network, supporting Class A and B terminals, but not supporting legacy terminals (such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-1).
- WT wireless terminal
- legacy terminals such as, e.g., wireless terminal (WT) 30-1) are only scheduled to transmit in UL burst 2, and Class B terminals are only scheduled to transmit in UL burst 1 , while Class A terminals may be scheduled to transmit both in UL burst 1 and UL burst 2.
- WT wireless terminal
- OFDMA or SC-FDMA in UL burst 2 can be switched dynamically on for the 5ms frame basis based on signalling in DL burst 1, as exemplified by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4C of Fig. 4C.
- WT wireless terminal
- legacy terminals can not be scheduled for transmission.
- class B terminals can not be scheduled for transmission in UL burst 2.
- the uplink (UL) portion or uplink (UL) burst of a frame is apportioned or divided into plural burst fields or plural burst sections.
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to prepare differing ones of the plural burst fields as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the frame comprises a downlink burst
- the frame handler of the wireless terminal is arranged to determine from the downlink burst at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to a first multiple access technology and at least one of the plural burst fields as belong to the second multiple access technology.
- Fig. 10 shows a generic frame F-8 which, although not necessarily being divided into subframes, has its UL burst divided or partitioned into plural burst fields or plural burst sections, such as burst field BF-I, burst field BF-2, ..., burst field BF-n.
- Fig. 11 shows a specific example wherein frame F-9 has its UL burst divided or partitioned into burst fields BF- 1 through BF-n, and further shows an apportioning of multiple access technologies to different ones of the plural burst fields.
- frame F-9 has its UL burst divided or partitioned into burst fields BF- 1 through BF-n, and further shows an apportioning of multiple access technologies to different ones of the plural burst fields.
- Fig. 11 shows that at least burst fields BF- 1 through BF-3 are allocated for first type multiple access technology (e.g., OFDMA), and that at least burst fields BF-n-1 through BF-n are allocated for second type multiple access technology (e.g., SC-FDMA).
- first type multiple access technology e.g., OFDMA
- second type multiple access technology e.g., SC-FDMA
- FIG. 10 A more complex frame structure than the generic depiction of Fig. 10 can be provided.
- Reference IEEE Wireless MAN OFDMA System based on a subset of the IEEE 802.16e standard is shown in Fig. 1.
- TDD time division multiplexing
- a single uplink burst is divided in time into two or more uplink burst sections, where one of SC-FDMA and OFDMA is used for each uplink burst section.
- Legacy terminals can be scheduled to transmit only in uplink burst sections using OFDMA, but enhanced or upgraded terminals can use a second type of multiple access technology (e.g., SC-FDMA)in other uplink (UL) burst fields.
- SC-FDMA multiple access technology
- a frame such as frame F- 2 as herein illustrated can have information modulated according to differing types of multiple access technologies apportioned either on a subframe basis or on a burst field basis.
- the frame formatters 52 of the various embodiments of wireless terminals (WT) 30-2 can apportion information modulated according to differing multiple access technologies to differing subframes (in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 5 and/or Fig. 5A) or to differing burst fields (in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 9 and/or Fig. 10).
- differing multiple access technologies to differing subframes (in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 5 and/or Fig. 5A) or to differing burst fields (in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 9 and/or Fig. 10).
- a frame formatter of a wireless terminal such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A can apportion information modulated according to differing multiple access technologies to differing subframes in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 5 and/or Fig. 5A, or can apportion information modulated according to differing multiple access technologies to differing burst fields in the general manner depicted, e.g., by Fig. 9 and/or Fig. 10.
- frame formatter 52-2B of a wireless terminal such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2- 4B can modulate information according to the second type of multiple access technology for those uplink (UL) bursts, or burst fields of the uplink (UL) burst, for which modulation by the second type of multiple access technology, but not for any uplink (UL) bursts, or burst fields of the uplink (UL) burst, which are reserved for the first type multiple access technology.
- frame formatter 52-2C of a wireless terminal such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2- 4C can selectively apportion, e.g., on the fly, information modulated according to differing multiple access technologies to differing subframes or burst field BFs of an uplink (UL) burst.
- WT wireless terminal
- UL uplink
- the division in time of the uplink burst into uplink burst sections and the choice of multiple access technology type (e.g., SC-FDMA and OFDM) in each uplink burst section can be either: (1) fixed; (2) changeable on a frame to frame basis, based on signalling in the downlink burst; or, (3) changeable on a longer time scale, based on system information signalling (and if needed a network upgrade).
- multiple access technology type e.g., SC-FDMA and OFDM
- wireless terminal (WT) 30-1 supporting OFDMA only in the uplink (UL)
- WT wireless terminal
- A Class A terminals, such as that illustrated by wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A, which support both SC-
- Class A terminals can be scheduled to transmit in any uplink burst field or section, while Class B terminals may be scheduled to transmit only in uplink burst fields or sections using SC-FDMA, and legacy terminals may be scheduled to transmit only in uplink burst fields or sections using OFDMA.
- Fig. 12 illustrates example, representative, non-limiting basic acts or steps comprising a method of operating a radio access network (comprising a base station such as base station 28) which communicates over radio interface 32 with plural types of wireless terminals using frames of information.
- a radio access network comprising a base station such as base station 28
- Act 12-1 comprises transmitting at least a downlink portion of the frames to a first type of wireless terminal and a second type of wireless terminal.
- the first type of wireless terminal can be represented by wireless terminal (WT) 30-1 and the second type of wireless terminal can be represented by any one of the wireless terminals (WT) 30-2 (see Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 4A, Fig. 4B, and Fig. 4C).
- Act 12-2 comprises, at the first type of wireless terminal, preparing a first part of an uplink portion of the frames according to a first type of multiple access technology, e.g., according to OFDMA, for example.
- Act 12-2 can be performed when the radio access network is no more advanced than the interim network depicted as E2 in Fig. 9.
- Act 12-3 comprises, at the second type of wireless terminal (e.g., one of the wireless terminals (WT) 30-2 described herein), preparing at least a second part of the uplink portion of the frames according to a second type of multiple access technology, e.g., according to SC-FDMA, for example.
- the second part of the uplink portion of the frames can be an uplink (UL) portion of one of plural subframes of the frame (in the manner understood with reference to Fig. 5 or Fig. 5A), or one or more burst fields of an uplink (UL) burst (in the manner understood with reference to Fig. 10 or Fig. 1 1).
- the second type of wireless terminal is a type such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2B of Fig. 4B which is capable only of operating with the second type multiple access technology, then only those subframes or burst fields allocated to the second type multiple access technology can be utilized by the wireless terminal (WT) 30-2B.
- WT wireless terminal
- Act 12-4 can be undertaken when the second type of wireless terminal has a dual multiple access technology capability, e.g., when the second type of wireless terminal is of a type such as wireless terminal (WT) 30-2-4A of Fig. 4A.
- Act 10-4 comprises, at the second type of wireless terminal, preparing the first part of the uplink portion of the frames according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises the wireless terminal preparing the frames as plural subframes, with differing ones of the plural subframes being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- the wireless terminal can prepare one subframe of the frames according to a first type of multiple access technology and to prepare another subframe of the frames according to a second type of multiple access technology.
- the first type of multiple access technology is orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) and the second type of multiple access is single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA).
- An example mode further comprises the base station processing the frame regardless of whether the wireless terminal is a first type of wireless terminal capable of utilizing the first type of multiple access technology or whether the wireless terminal is a second type of wireless terminal capable of utilizing both the first type of multiple access technology and a second type of multiple access technology.
- Each subframe comprises a downlink burst followed by an uplink burst, the base station processing the frame whereby a first uplink burst of a first subframe is demodulated according to the second type of multiple access technology if the wireless terminal is the second type of wireless terminal and whereby a second uplink burst of a second subframe is demodulated according to the first type of multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises the wireless terminal dynamically determining (in accordance with content of a downlink burst of a specific frame) whether to prepare at least one subframe of the specific frame according to a first multiple access technology or a second multiple access technology.
- the wireless terminal prepares an uplink burst of a first subframe according to the second multiple access technology and dynamically determines whether to prepare an uplink burst of a second subframe according to either the first multiple access technology or the second multiple access technology.
- the method further comprises formatting the frame to comprise an uplink burst comprising plural burst fields; and, preparing differing ones of the plural burst fields as being formatted according to the respective differing multiple access technologies.
- An example implementation of this mode further comprises including a downlink burst in the frames; and designating in the downlink burst at least one of the plural burst fields as belonging to the first multiple access technology and at least one of the plural burst fields as belong to the second multiple access technology
- the technology as described herein may be generalized as a way to introduce a general uplink technology X in a backwards compatible manner, by simply replacing SC-FDMA with technology X, everywhere in the text above and in the accompanying figures.
- X may be some variant of SC-FDMA given a new name, or some version of OFDMA devised to reduce the PAPR.
- Such generalization is suitable regardless of how the frame structure is apportioned for the plural multiple access technologies, e.g., either by the sub-frame frame structure of the burst field-apportioned frame structure, as non-exhaustive examples. All embodiments and variations of the technology may be generalized also to other technologies than IEEE WirelessMAN-OFDMA, as a way to change the radio access technology in a backwards compatible manner.
- a base station that assigns resources to legacy wireless terminals (WT) so that they transmit on the portion where OFDMA is used, and assigns resources to new wireless terminals (WT) so that they transmit on the portion where SC-FDMA is used.
- Advantages of the technology include but are not limited to the following:
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